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Dream Jacket

It started with this… …a blurry view of a jacket hanging forlornly on a rack at a Chanel SS11 trunk show on February 17, 2011. But that was all it took. A gasp was silenced in my throat by my pounding heart. The SA and I scurried off into the dressing room with a few other items in hand. She …

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Two More Pairs

Could you stand looking at two more pairs of sale shoes? Both courtesy of Chanel: Luckily, not too many problems with matching today… Enough with the shoes, already! you say. I promise in the next entry we’ll get to the good stuff.

The Magic Of Shoes

…sigh… Clever wordplay, but was I the only one hoping LeBron would get his ring this year :D? But speaking of the heat–and it sure feels like an oven in Dallas–there’s no better respite than something summery for the feet. Here are first signs of sale scores: Slightly different styles on toile and in reverse colors: Ahhh, the magic of …

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My Last Hurrah

While I was overseas last month, there was a furious flurry of rumors about yet another price hike chez Chanel…and a significant one at that. By the time I left Europe the price increase had already happened in Asia and Canada. And as of June 1 in the US, a jumbo flap bag that had already jumped to a whopping …

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Couture Counsel: A Difficult Neutral

So last summer’s sale was about the creepy crawlies, Prada style, and I was all over it like a cheap suit: And a few weeks ago I completed my trifecta with this recent online find, a swirly beige watersnake platform peeptoe slingback (I dare you to say that three times fast) with a sweet little bow, no less… Gorgeous shoes …